This is a fairly common B-club model kit of Sailor Chibimoon, sculpted by Tsuyoshi Maeda, originally released in 1996. I got mine for 2200Yen (original price 6800yen). My favorite kit of Sailor Chibimoon is actually the 1/8 G-port version,

So since I totally didnít like the kit but just got it because the price was right, I modified it a little to make it more to my liking. The main thing that really annoyed me about the kit was the position of the odango/pigtails. I think they look nicer when they are going out to the side, but this kit had them higher and going more to the back. So I repositioned these and added magic sculpt to fill in the gaps. But after I did this, I ended up not liking the look and I didnít know how to fix it. Then I was thinking that the bangs are looking flat, so I sculpted a new layer of bangs on top of the old. And for her hair clips, I glued them standing up instead of lying flat.

The original model has her hand straight up without holding anything. I made her wand from various materials; only the very bottom of it is magic sculpt. And then I added wired ribbon and red plastic wire for a magic effect.

Duo Aqua paint was used for everything except the white, boots and odango covers, which is iridescent glass paint. I also used some Artisan Cadmium red light. Also the hair clips and tiara are Golden acrylic paint.

I used a jewel for the tiara stone. I wanted to use an ice pink instead of the red. I added a little heart jewel on her brooch also.

I got mine from Yahoo Japan for about $50 including all fees and shipping. You cannot bid on Yahoo Japan auctions directly unless you live in Japan, as most sellers do not accept paypal or ship internationally. So most of us use a deputy service, such as Shopping Mall Japan [link]There is actually one of these on auction right now [link]

The ones on ebay are bootleg recasts from Thailand and the quality is very poor.